On August 6, Direxion Daily MSCI South Korea Bull 3x Shares fell 8.24% overnight, trading at $17.06/share, with turnover of $38.54 million.

On the news front, the KOSPI index extended its decline to 3% on the day, with SK Hynix dropping over 7% and Samsung Electronics falling nearly 3%, dragging the 3x leveraged ETF sharply lower. Institutions noted that Korean retail leverage risk has not been fully cleared — broker margin balances shrank 10% on July 31, marking the largest single-day contraction of the year, while daily forced liquidation amounts still exceeded 100 billion KRW. The liquidation rate remains elevated at 7-8%, far above the 1% level characteristic of stable market conditions, suggesting continued high volatility ahead.

For context, Morgan Stanley recently upgraded Korean equities to overweight with a 9000-point target, citing approximately 75% completion of hedge fund deleveraging and a 70% decline in leveraged ETF assets from peak levels. However, the ongoing retail margin unwind continues to pressure near-term performance.

The fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in financial instruments providing daily 3x leveraged exposure to the MSCI Korea 25/50 Index, covering approximately 85% of the free float-adjusted market capitalization of South Korean issuers. It is non-diversified.

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